IT question

I was looking over the Instant Text web site, and I'm trying to get a handle on how you can be productive with this product, without getting seasick. I refer to the following page:

http://www.fitaly.com/new/version5.htm

The product seems to operate similar to ST in terms of your eyes having to constantly move back and forth between the line of type and the options available. To me that would be like looking up and down between what I'm currently typing and the task bar at the bottom of my desktop.

Sometimes I need a break from the Dragon and would like to use something way more productive than AutoCorrect. People have sung the praises of both ST and IT, but I'd like to find the one that's ideal for me. Maybe users of these products can look at my profile and offer some suggestions:

1. I need something that won't drop me down to zip production and take weeks to build up to where I was before. I have way too much work to do.
2. I have memory issues. Let's just say that I don't remember things like I used to.
3. I want something that's not complicated to learn. If the instruction book is more than 3-5 pages long, I'm not likely to spend time learning the product.
4. I would like to use the product bit by bit and not have to spend all my time on it right away, as a means of learning how to use it.
5. How do you get past the "reading" issue in terms of making the correct choice? It seems to me that in order for ST or IT to work you have to slow down to about 15 wpm in order to allow the system to pop up the choices, which you next have to read, and then your brain has to register "That's the one I want." If you're able to quickly read and make a decision about which choice you want, wouldn't your production drop down to 1-2 lines a minute?

I don't mean to sound ludicrous, but I'm just leery about investing time I really don't have to invest (I'm already working 45-50 hours a week).

Follow Ups:

• RE: IT question - barbed 19:41:00 09/29/04 (0)
• My thoughts on Instant Text - IT Fan 08:47:02 08/02/04 (0)